Actor Jay Baruchel, best known for frat-humour seat-fillers like Knocked Up, Million Dollar Baby and Tropic Thunder, has turned writer, working with Jesse Chabot to adapt indie horror comic Random Acts Of Violence for the cinema.

Random Acts Of Violence tells the story of two horror writers who are being stalked by their own creation, Slasherman. Armed with the genre-aware irony of Scream and penned by an established comedy talent, this could turn out to be a surprise, left field hit – much like Cowboys & Aliens, Scott Pilgrim or any of the other adaptations sourced from outside of superhero territory.